The Islamic terrorist organization Hamas There’s another video on Friday hostage Published. The one seen in it Man According to the armed wing of the Islamic organization, he is already dead. The authenticity of the video, published on the Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, could initially not checked become.
At the beginning of the clip, Arye Zalmanovich, who Hamas says had a chronic illness and was temporarily treated in an intensive care unit, says he is not feeling well. The video was initially supposed to show him in a clinic. Later, the video shows a man wrapped in a shroud, with his eyes closed and his mouth open. This is probably the same person. According to Hamas, the man died as a result of panic attacks due to Israeli bombings. This information also could not be independently verified. According to Israeli media, the man is 86 years old and was receiving medical treatment for unspecified problems.
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Arye Zalmanovich was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas massacre on October 7. He grew up in Haifa and was a member of the left-wing Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In 1955 he became one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he worked as a farmer.
To be Son of Boaz said at a demonstration for the release of the hostages in late October: “Every day for 60 years he would get up at 4:30 am and go out to plow, sow and harvest.” “He’s a man with calloused hands and working clothes, and he sees the kibbutz as his life’s work.”
Two hostages found dead
Hamas had previously distributed videos of people kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. A clip published on Monday showed a soldier who the Islamic organization said was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army later confirmed the 19-year-old’s death. The exact circumstances of her death were not disclosed.
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Terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups carried out massacres of civilians in the Israeli border area on October 7. They also abducted around 240 people to the coastal strip. So far, four women have been released and one soldier has been released by the Israeli army. Two women, including the 19-year-old soldier seen in the Hamas video, were found dead.